Linux-Setup Digest #49, Volume #21 Sun, 15 Apr 01 06:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: One more who needs help! (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: RedHat 6.0 == not supported any more? (John Thompson)
Re: YAST2 sets up printers for a4 paper (David Efflandt)
Re: What's wrong with ATI Xpert98 (Dances With Crows)
Using LILO and modules.conf for boot hardware profiles? (Kevin Davisł)
lilo ("xpyx")
Re: One more who needs help! (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: One more who needs help! (James Richard Tyrer)
Current status of Frame Buffer devices - consoles and X? (Chris Rankin)
Re: lilo (David)
BP6 Locking up when installing Mandrake 7.1 and up ("Glenn A. Serpas Jr.")
Ricochet Wireless modem (Anthony Hung)
Re: Adding a Adaptec 2940 to Linux (Michael Heiming)
Re: Printer under SuSe 7.1 (Markus Kossmann)
Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44 ("Peter
T. Breuer")
Red Hat Linux 7.1 ? (Jussi Torhonen)
Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44 ("Sean
Long")
Cannot run runInstaller of R3 for Linux Intel (Dino Hsu)
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,yu.os.unix
Subject: Re: One more who needs help!
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:39:43 +1000
Earl Lewis wrote:
> Here's a modem compatibility list:
> http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010212a.html
>
> I never even bothered to try and get my cheapie sound card installed
> in RedHat7.
>
> I paid just shy of $80 to buy a modem guaranteed to work in Linux.
> I've since heard that all external modems will work.
YES, IT IS TRUE!
External modems are self sufficient (hardware wise) to perform the
mod/demod duties and need only relevant commands and info from serial
port.
Serial port commands are standard for all OS's.
Q.E.D.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
> Dunno if that's
> true. There is problems with PCI internal modems, I bought the Zoom
> 2920, which was said to work. After nearly 30 days Zoom admitted there
> was problems, anyway with RH7. I exchanged it for an ISA Zoom 2919,
> which does work. SOME winmodems will work, some won't.
> Earl
>
> On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:40:40 +0200, "Krstanovic"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I have just installed Red Hat Linux 7.0 and I have a verrryyyy LARGE
> >problem!
> >I cannot configure my Rockwell 56K modem and XWAVE QS3000a soundcard.
> >Can anybody help me?I would be very gratefull if you can send me some
> >instalation instructions
> >or some Internet adres on which I could find help!
> >
> >
> >
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.0 == not supported any more?
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 21:37:01 -0500
Akop Pogosian wrote:
> I just noticed a few weeks ago that there haven't been any updates
> for RedHat 6.0 packages while there were plenty for RedHat 7.0 and 6.2
> Does that mean that is is not supported any more? I wish redhat posted
> a note on their site somewhere that 6.0 is not supported.
I haven't had any problems using the RH6.2 updates on my system.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: YAST2 sets up printers for a4 paper
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 04:12:20 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 15 Apr 2001 02:07:10 GMT, Mike McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've purchase 7.1 and have installed it several places. Luckily, one of
> those places has a printer smart enough to recognize the page size
> request. Apparently, Yast2 sets up, and I can't seem to change it, to
> send as default page size a4. How do I get this to change to letter
> page size. It's using apsfilter, I believe.
In YaST2 under "Current printer's settings" if you select paper size:, and
then tab to the lower box, you should be able to select paper size.
> Oh yes, this printer is remote, does that make a difference on the page
> size setup?
Make sure that the printer settings on the remote are correct. I thought
that filtering was done on the remote, but the YaST2 setup sets up a
prefilter.
I [test] printed locally in SuSE 7.1, then switched the printer cable to a
Mandrake box and printed remotely to that with the [test] in YaST2. Both
copies were identical with 1/2" and 1" borders in from the edge all
around.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: What's wrong with ATI Xpert98
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 Apr 2001 04:53:18 GMT
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:50:25 -0400, Zhefu Fan staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>I install RH6.2 in Asus cuv4x-e + Ati Xpert98 + 3com 3c905b + Aser 54e
>+ (128+64) Memory
>I got error message:
>mach64ProgramClkMatch64CT: Warning : Q < 10.66666667
>It look like Video Card clock problem, anyway who can help me.
That is NOT an error, it's a warning. I had an ATi Mach64 card that
gave the exact same message in the log file every time X was started up
or shut down. The card worked.
If you are having problems getting X to work, then we need more
information. The real problem almost certainly lies above the "errno =
111" line if that line exists, and one RedHat-specific problem that many
people have with X is that the font server isn't started. Again, we
need more information.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: Kevin Davisł <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Using LILO and modules.conf for boot hardware profiles?
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 05:00:25 GMT
I have a problem where I can get my scsi interfaced scanner to work
but when I add the functionality of my IDE CDR, it breaks the scanner.
Being a newbie, I'm not sure why but my guess is that it seems to get
the CDR to work, one needs to tell the system to ignore it as an IDE
device and fool it into thinking it is some type of scsi device. In
any event when it is enabled, I can't use the scanner.
To switch back and forth, it would seem that I would have to manually
edit the lilo.conf and modules.conf file and reboot. I noticed that
the modules.conf file has scripting/batch command functionality with
conditional statements available. Is there any way I can pass a value
or set some kind of global/environment value from LILO so that the
modules.conf can determine which boot configuration I have chosen and
load/not load the appropriate modules/parameters?
Thanks
=======================================
What could possibly go wrong?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove the z's from my address)
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From: "xpyx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lilo
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:39:17 +0800
i have 30gb hd, i partitioned it, then i installed rh7. then i installed
mandrake7.2 using the existing partition that rh7 was using. then after the
installtion i reboot the system then, i tried to choose the other OS/ which
is windows on lilo, but i cant move the selection, ive tried to hit the
up/down keys but it doesnt work, then i tried also hitting the TAB(key) no
response at all from the LILO.
the problem is, i cant choose which OS to boot coz im stuck in the default
OS which is the mandrake. in other words i cant boot in windoez.
thank you vry much in advance
xpyx
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,yu.os.unix
Subject: Re: One more who needs help!
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 05:49:10 GMT
Earl Lewis wrote:
> Here's a modem compatibility list:
> http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010212a.html
>
> I never even bothered to try and get my cheapie sound card installed
> in RedHat7.
>
> I paid just shy of $80 to buy a modem guaranteed to work in Linux.
> I've since heard that all external modems will work. Dunno if that's
> true. There is problems with PCI internal modems, I bought the Zoom
> 2920, which was said to work. After nearly 30 days Zoom admitted there
> was problems, anyway with RH7. I exchanged it for an ISA Zoom 2919,
> which does work.
3com/USR 2977 works OK with RH7. If you have Kernel 2.4.3 the Serial
Driver will auto detect it.
>
> SOME winmodems will work, some won't.
It appears that there is a driver for the HSF, but not for the HCF.
For more info:
http://www.linmodems.org/
JRT
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,yu.os.unix
Subject: Re: One more who needs help!
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 05:55:25 GMT
Krstanovic wrote:
>
> I cannot configure my XWAVE QS3000a soundcard.
I think that you need to find out the manufacturer of the actual sound
chip.
http://lhd.zdnet.com/LDP/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO-3.html
JRT
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From: Chris Rankin <pacbell.net@{no.spam}rankinc>
Subject: Current status of Frame Buffer devices - consoles and X?
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 23:00:53 -0700
Hi,
I have a Matrox G400 AGP video card and am interested in using the frame
buffer device. I have read the Framebuffer-HOWTO but the section on the
X-Server doesn't cover XFree86 v4. If I am to use the frame buffer, I
would like to do so *exclusively* using the kernel's built-in hardware
support for the Matrox G400 to avoid potential low-level conflicts
between Linux and X.
Has anyone configured their Linux box this way? How fast is the
X-server? The kernel does claim to support "acceleration", but how good
is it compared to X's? Also, how stable is everything because I have
heard tales of hard lock-ups when switching between X and virtual
consoles?
I am assuming that XFree86 + the fbdev driver + the kernel's
"matroxfb_accel.o" module is functionally equivalent to XFree86 + the
mga driver. Is this true? After all, an unaccelerated X-server would be
no fun at all ... :-)
Thanks in advance for any information,
Cheers.
Chris
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 06:42:37 GMT
xpyx wrote:
>
> i have 30gb hd, i partitioned it, then i installed rh7. then i installed
> mandrake7.2 using the existing partition that rh7 was using. then after the
> installtion i reboot the system then, i tried to choose the other OS/ which
> is windows on lilo, but i cant move the selection, ive tried to hit the
> up/down keys but it doesnt work, then i tried also hitting the TAB(key) no
> response at all from the LILO.
>
> the problem is, i cant choose which OS to boot coz im stuck in the default
> OS which is the mandrake. in other words i cant boot in windoez.
>
> thank you vry much in advance
>
> xpyx
Do not multi-post!! It is better to cross post.
--
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Completed more W/U's than 99.162% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: "Glenn A. Serpas Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BP6 Locking up when installing Mandrake 7.1 and up
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 02:21:34 +0500
MB: ABit BP6
Processor's: (2) Celeron 533Mhz
BIOS:RU
Ram:256M
H/D Ctrl: HPT366 UDMA66
HD: Seagate 20G/7200Rpm UDMA66 (IDE3)
CDRom:Maxtor EIDE 48X (IDE1)
CDBurner:Pacific Digital (IDE2)
Video: Voodoo 3/3000
Sound: SBPCI128
NIC: DLink NE2000 ISA compatable
Please Help!!!
I've been unable to install Linux Mandrake since version 7.0 .. On
versions 7.1 & 7.2 I get locked up shortly after the install begins
installing packages from CD#1 .. I recently tried 8.0 Beta 2.. It locked
shortly after installing packages from CD#2 .. This is a hard lock. I
have to shut my system off.. Reset and CTRL+ALT+DEL do not work.. I've
asked Mandrake and a few Linux news groups. No one seems to have a clue.
Could the lock up have something to do w/the EC10 problem on version 1.1
MB's??? I've noticed that occassionally my machine will just lock up.. I
duel boot between WIn2K Professional and Mandrake(or at least I used to)..
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From: Anthony Hung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ricochet Wireless modem
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 07:27:50 GMT
Hi all,
I want to use a low speed wireless modem for wireless internet access. I
like the Ricochet solution. I am looking to use this on my linux box
(not a laptop). So I the modem I want is an external antenna thingy
with a USB/serial connection to my computer. So my question: does this
work on linux? And if so plz tell me where to find the documentatoin and
drivers thanks!
--
Anthony
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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 09:53:10 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Adding a Adaptec 2940 to Linux
Tim Cuthbertson wrote:
>
> IMHO, there are a lot of problems using the 2940 with Suse 7.0.
Hello,
I'm running AHA2940 & SuSE since ~5 years and never had any problems?
This is from my current SuSE 7.0 setup:
lspci | grep SCSI
00:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-294x / AIC-7871 (rev 03)
lsmod | grep aic
aic7xxx 128504 6
cat /etc/lilo.conf
boot = /dev/sda
vga = normal
read-only
prompt
timeout = 30
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = linux
root = /dev/sdb3
initrd = /boot/initrd
image = /boot/vmlinuz.suse
label = suse
root = /dev/sdb3
initrd = /boot/initrd.suse
grep INITRD_MODULES /etc/rc.config
INITRD_MODULES="aic7xxx"
My / is on SCSI, but it doesn't matter if I build aic7xxx in the kernel
or use initrd,
it'll work anyway.
Michael Heiming
>
> Here is what I have to do to get my Suse 7.0 system to boot:
>
> lilo: manual
> <Tell it the language and display type>
> When it asks if I want to boot, I tell it to load device modules. I select
> SCSI adapter, then I select Adaptec 2940. Now comes the important part. It
> asks if I have any parameters for the device, and I enter
> aic7xxx='seltime:0.extended.no_reset'
>
> Next, it goes through a detection phase, finds my adapter and all of its
> devices (two hard drives and a CDROM drive). Then, when it asks if I want to
> begin installing Linux, I tell it to boot an existing installation. Then, it
> asks where to boot, and I tell it /dev/sda4. Then, it boots and runs,
> perfectly.
>
> However, I have tried about forty ways to just start the machine and have it
> boot my installation. Nothing ever works. It either fails to detect the host
> adapter, or it detects it and then gets repeated timeouts. So, the above
> procedures are a pain, but they work.
>
> Tim
>
> "Lars Oeschey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to add a 2940 to my Suse Linux 7.0. When I issue a
> > "modprobe aic7xxx" it works fine, and I see all scsi devices. I'v
> > changed the line "alias scsi_hostadapter off" to "alias
> > scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx" in /etc/modules.conf. I changed the Line
> > "INITRD_MODULES='eeepro100'" (my networkcard) to
> > "INITRD_MODULES='eeepro100 aic7xxx'" in /etc/rc.config. I did a
> > "mk_initrd" and a "lilo". No Error anywhere. After a reboot though, I
> > just get a "0 hosts" message on boot.
> > I don't really want to add a "modprobe aic7xxx" to my startup
> > procedure, why does the above not work?
> >
> > Lars
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer under SuSe 7.1
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 09:03:34 +0200
213.221.75.62, [Heimo] wrote:
>
> Dear Group,
>
> all over sudden my HP Deskjet 710C doesn't print anymore.
> I tried everything I could find in the Handbook but a complete
> New-Installation of the System.
> Linux is able to send a signal to the printer and it doesn't print.
> It's eastertime and the SuSe Support - guys are probably looking for
> candy eggs soemwhere.
> Can somebody please help ?
>
What about reading in the supportdatabase ( for the locally installed
version try file:/usr/share/doc/sdb/en/html/ke_printer-gdi.html)
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 09:45:16 +0200
Sean Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "AS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:EP6B6.194$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I installed the kernel-image-2.4.2-586tsc_2.4.2-1_i386.deb in to my
>> pentium 200 mmx running unstable debian. I am getting the following
>> kernel panic. How can I solve this proble? Thanks, AS.
>>
>> request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted
>> VFS: Cannot open root device "344" or "03:44"
>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:44
> I get the exact same problem, except I went from redhat 7 2.2.17-14 to
> 2.4.3, and I am trying to mount /dev/hda3 as root. I get "Unable to mount
> root fs on 03:03". I've compiled in every single filesystem option I can
> find in 2.4.3 and it still doesn't work.
Did you compile in support for IDE? (obvious question).
Peter
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From: Jussi Torhonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat Linux 7.1 ?
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 11:15:17 +0300
Red Hat Linux 7.1 has obviously been released and being currently
mirrored. Does anyone here know when those mirrors can be opened for
downloading ? Now every mirror has too restricted access for anonymous
user to download the stuff.
Jussi
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Reply-To: "Sean Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Sean Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 03:44:53 -0500
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Sean Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I get the exact same problem, except I went from redhat 7 2.2.17-14 to
> > 2.4.3, and I am trying to mount /dev/hda3 as root. I get "Unable to
mount
> > root fs on 03:03". I've compiled in every single filesystem option I
can
> > find in 2.4.3 and it still doesn't work.
>
> Did you compile in support for IDE? (obvious question).
Yup. I tried several different kernel options and nothing's worked so far.
I'm working my way back to the slow generic IDE drivers one driver at a
time, but the computer I'm working on is rather slow and complete compiles
take about 45 minutes.
Sean Long
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From: Dino Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.database.oracle.misc
Subject: Cannot run runInstaller of R3 for Linux Intel
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 17:32:41 +0800
Dear all,
I put in Oracle EE R3 (8.1.7.0.1) for Linux CD, and try to run
/mnt/cdrom/runInstaller in GNOME X window, the following message comes
out:
Failed to execute command:
/mnt/cdrom/runInstaller
No such file or directory (2)
Anyone has experience about this installation? Thanks.
Regards,
Dino
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